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FAIR TRADING ACT 1989 - SECT 91B
Returning the seized goods
91B Returning the seized goods
(1) The commissioner must return the seized goods to their owner at the end
of— (a) 9 months; or
(b) if a prosecution for an offence, or a
relevant pecuniary penalty proceeding, involving the seized goods is started
within the 9 months—the prosecution for the offence, or the
relevant pecuniary penalty proceeding, and any appeal from the prosecution or
relevant pecuniary penalty proceeding.
(2) Despite subsection (1) , the
commissioner must return the seized goods to their owner immediately if the
commissioner is not satisfied or stops being satisfied the retention of the
goods as evidence is necessary.
(3) In this section—
"relevant pecuniary penalty proceeding" means a proceeding under the
Australian Consumer Law (Queensland), chapter 5 , part 5 -2, division 1 in
relation to an act or omission to which section 224 of that law applies.
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